Blerim Gjoci
Blerim Gjoci is an award-winning writer director. Before he moved to US, Blerim had a rich career in Kosovo and Europe. Through his film company SCA Group, Mr. Gjoci wrote, produced or directed many films that went on to win many international prizes, including best international at the Sundance Film Festival and Best European Short at Italian Movie Awards. In 2014 Blerim moved to US to pursue his MFA at USC School of Cinematic Arts. After graduation (2017), Blerim wrote and directed two live action shorts and two feature documentaries.
Mr. Gjoci is recently awarded Kosovo’s National Film Fund budget for Sunny Hill – a Feature he wrote as part of his thesis at USC. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Adam Leene
Adam Leene is a cinematographer whose work is driven by emotion and story. He received his MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute. His most recent narrative short Child had its premiere at AFI Fest, and was nominated for Best Short Film at BFI Fest. Adam recently shot his second narrative feature, and continues to focus his creative energy on long-form narrative projects and artistic commercial content that push unique and diverse stories!
Nikolaj Wejp-Olsen
Nikolaj Wejp-Olsen, is a sharp and innovative screenwriter, with a slanted piercing imagination and original voice. Proficient in a wide variety of writing, like adapting a “Nordic Noir” type thriller novel into a screenplay, as well as being a writer on a variety of episodes for a YouTube channel that currently has close to 3 Million subscribers, Nikolaj has seen his writings go from the blank page all the way into production, both as live-action shorts and features.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nikolaj studied cinema as an undergrad at UC Berkeley, followed by a MFA in Film & Television Production at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. To date, Nikolaj has worked on two James Franco features, a short fan Star Wars film called “Vader: Shards of the Past” — which as of this writing has 22 Million + views on YouTube — and most recently, in close cooperation alongside his partners at SCAGroup, Nikolaj was the co-writer on our ambitious Eric Robert’s vehicle about aging, mortality and…an ancient Sumerian goddess…or perhaps devil?…called The Fusion.
Nikolaj’s affinity for escapism, adventure, social commentary, and off-kilter look at the world, translates into the undertones of his writing. He is a firm believer that film should be viewed on at least two levels (preferably more), as escapism entertainment and also as an experience that has something deeper to say, for those who care to look beneath the surface…dare you?